A 90-minute walking tour details the city’s role in promoting slavery throughout the South and the driving force of faith to survive and triumph over it.

The school is named after a former teacher and principal at a school for Black children during the era of segregation.

"It's a small, wonderful hamlet and cultural center,” says the artist, who still lives in his childhood home in the city's historic district.

Colonel’s Island Terminal at Georgia’s Port of Brunswick has become the nation’s busiest port for autos and heavy equipment, ...

This month is Black History Month, and the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History is honoring prominent figures in the ...

Columbus sent Smyre to the Capitol back in 1974 where he quickly caught the eye of longtime House Speaker Tom Murphy, who took him under his wing. His portrait now hangs near Murphy’s. Smyre became ...

Thousands of gallons of oil are gone from the East River, but no one knows how much is left—or where it’s leaking from.

According to the Columbus State University archives, by 1860, 37% of the city’s population was enslaved. Several slaves are buried in The Porterdale Cemetery located on the corner of 10th Ave. and ...

Block by Block continues with a look inside a Savannah neighborhood where several civil rights leaders once lived.

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The term mental hygiene has a long history in the United States, having first been used by William Sweetzer in 1843. After the Civil War, which increased concern about the effects of unsanitary ...